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Prime Minister's Office
PM pays tributes to Gopal Krishna Gokhale on his birth anniversary
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to the great Gopal Krishna Gokhale on his birth anniversary.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"Tributes to the great Gopal Krishna Gokhale on his birth anniversary. His contribution to our freedom struggle is unforgettable. His unwavering commitment to democratic principles and social empowerment keeps motivating us."
Ministry of Culture
National Gallery of Modern Art and Archeological Survey of India to present an exhibition ‘Alpona’ in Kolkata on 25th March, 2022
Works of renowned artist and sculptor Ramkinkar Baij to be exhibited
After the successful showing of the first exhibition Ghare Baire, Ministry of Culture, Government of India; the National Gallery of Modern Art and Archeological Survey of India will now present an exhibition titled Alpona at the Old Currency Building in Kolkata on 25th March 2022.
The National Gallery of Modern Art  proposes to mount an exhibition celebrating the works of renowned artist and sculptor extraordinaire, Ramkinkar Baij. The theme of the exhibition is based on the daily life of rural Bengal, such as farmers returning from a hard day’s work or dust cloud arising in the horizon of homebound cattle; or factory workers relaxing with a light chat amongst each-other; or village guardian deities such as yaksha and yakshi being manifested in plaster. The exhibition will comprise of sculptures, sketches, watercolours and large oil on canvases.
To support the main theme, art-works of prominent artists and sculptors which form the core collection of NGMA and the ones that were from the initial years of collecting art, will be showcased. The National Gallery of Modern Art would curate the said exhibition in-house from its prestigious collection. The curation would also showcase works of art by artists from Bengal starting from its indigenous roots of Patuas and Kalighat images to forming of the serene wash styles of Bengal school and the eventual explorations of Shantiniketan. It would also include site-specific installations presenting the indigenous art of Bengal.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Deputy CM Nagaland Shri Y. Patton calls on Union DoNER Minister Dr Jitendra Singh
The Deputy Chief Minister of Nagaland, Shri Y. Patton today called on Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS, PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh and discussed various State related development projects with him
During the meeting, Shri Patton conveyed his thanks to the Government led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for having made the central funding assistance to 100% under North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme , instead of earlier 90:10 ratio under NLCPR. He said that Nagaland being far flung and developing state, will get immensely benefited from this decision.
Shri Patton also took up with Dr Jitendra Singh the issue of central assistance to the tune of Rs. 13.52 crore to the State of Nagaland for rebuilding totally washed away/damaged infrastructure in the 2017 floods. He said, a decision to this effect had already been taken and conveyed by the Ministry of DoNER to State Government of Nagaland last year and it was only the release of funds which was pending. He further brought to the notice of DoNER Minister a communique received from the Ministry of DONER which had asked the State government that suitable projects falling under the category of totally damaged/washed away, within the ceiling, may be identified for rebuilding and proposing the same for sanction.
Shri Patton said that Nagaland was on the path of development and was confident that under the leadership of Prime Minister it will usher in a new area of development.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Training of Master Trainers of Maharashtra and Goa for Census, 2021 begins
State Level Training of Master Trainers for Census of India, 2021 is being conducted at Yashada in two batches 11th to 16th and 18th to 23rd December 2019
Preparations for Census 2021 have already begun and are in full swing. Now, the training program of Master Trainers is being held at Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration , Pune in two batches from 11th to 16th and 18th to 23rd December 2019.
In all, 137 Master Trainers from the Districts & Municipal Corporations of Maharashtra and 4 Master Trainers from Goa are being trained under the Training Cascade of Census, 2021. The Master Trainers are being trained by four National Trainers of Maharashtra and one National Trainer from Goa.
These 137 Master Trainers of Maharashtra and 4 Master Trainers of Goa will further impart training to the next level in Training Cascade i.e. Field Trainers at District Level in their respective States.
About, 5300 Field Trainers from Maharashtra and 56 Field Trainers from Goa would be trained at the District Level in January-February 2020.
The first batch of Training of Master Trainers was inaugurated by Smt. Rashmi S. Zagade , Director of Census Operations, Maharashtra.
Addressing the Master Trainers, the Chief Guest firstly congratulated them for being selected in the one of largest administrative exercise in the entire world, the Census of India and asked them to participate with full enthusiasm in the training and carry the knowledge with value addition to the next level of Field Trainers.
Speaking on the occasion, Smt. Zagade stated that, decennial Census in India is conducted under the provisions of Census Act, 1948. Emphasizing the rich legacy Census in India, she said, after the first non-synchronous Census in India in the year 1872 followed by first synchronous Census, in the year 1881, the Census has been conducted every ten years without any interruption. Thus, Census of India, 2021 will be the sixteenth in this uninterrupted series since the year 1872 and the eighth after independence.
As the, Census is the only source of information on housing and demography at the lowest administrative units viz. Villages in Rural areas and Wards of Towns in Town areas, being immensely used for planning of socio- economic schemes, She urged the participants to actively participate in this Nation building exercise. She further informed that, Census, 2021 will be conducted in two phases. In the first phase, the work of Houselisting and updating of National Population Register will be done from April to September 2020 in a period of 45 days as fixed by the State Government. In the second phase, the enumeration of population will be done from February 9 to February 28, 2021 with reference moment as 00:00 Hrs of 1st March, 2021.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles demise of Ayurveda proponent Dr. Balaji Tambe
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the demise of Dr. Balaji Tambe, an Ayurveda practitioner and proponent of Yoga.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "Dr. Balaji Tambe will be remembered for his numerous efforts to make Ayurveda globally popular, especially among the youth. He was admired for his compassionate nature. Pained by his demise. Condolences to his family and admirers. Om Shanti".
Ministry of Coal
Coal Production Records 6.13 Per Cent Increase to 79.60 Million Ton in January
Captive Coal Blocks Register 45 per cent Increase in Production
Coal Based Power Generation Increases by 9.2 Per Cent in January
India’s coal production increased by 6.13 % to 79.60 Million Ton from 75 MT during Jan 2022 as compared to the same month 2020. As per the provisional data of the Ministry of Coal, out of the total production during January this year, Coal India Ltd  achieved a growth of 2.35% by producing 64.50 MT of Coal. Singareni Collieries Ltd  registered a growth of 5.42% by producing 6.03 MT and captive blocks achieved a growth of 44.91% by producing 9.07 MT of coal during the period.
Coal despatch increased by 10.80 % to 75.55 MT from 68.19 MT during Jan 2022. Out of the total production during Jan 2022, Coal India Ltd  achieved a growth of 7.71% by despatching 60.85 MT of Coal, Singareni Collieries Ltd  achieved a growth of 6.45% by despatching 5.99 MT and captive blocks registered a growth of 43.55% with 8.71 MT of coal despatch during the period.
Of the top 35 mines producing coal, 14 mines performed more than 100 per cent and another six mines’ production stood between 80 and 100 per cent.
At the same time, power utilities despatch has grown by 18.70 % to 63.22 MT of coal in the month of Jan 2022 as compared to 53.26 MT in Jan 2020.
Coal based power generation has registered a growth of 9.21 % in the month of Jan, 2022 in comparison to Jan 2020. The overall power generation in Jan 2022 has been 6.69% higher than in Jan 2020. Further, coal based power generation in the month of Jan 2022 has been 88642 MU in comparison to 85579 MU in Dec 2021 and registered a growth of 3.58 %. Total power generation has also increased in Jan 2022 to 115757 MU from 113094 MU in Dec 2021.
Coal production of FY 22 has been compared with FY 20 as FY 21 has been considered as abnormal year due to Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Defence
Thousands throng to anand on the opening day of army recruitment rally
Candidates from Daman, Dangs, Mahisagar & Surat districts undergo selection process on Day 1 of the Rally
Ahmedabad: 06 Jul 17
An Army Recruitment Rally is currently in progress at Shastri Maidan, VV Nagar, Anand. The rally started in early morning hours on 06 Jul 2017 and shall continue till 16 Jul 2017. Candidates from 21 districts of Gujarat shall be appearing for selection in the ongoing rally.
A record number of candidates - 71039 in total, have registered online for this rally making it a record thus far for Gujarat state.
Brigadier Dinesh Chadhha Deputy Director General Recruiting, while talking to mediapersons at the venue today said that “the thrust has been to achieve 100% transparency in the selection process”. The DDG also thanked the media fraternity for their continued support in disseminating information about the rally to the youth of Gujarat who have registered for selection in record numbers this time. Surpassing the earlier record at the last Rally in Himmatnagar in Dec 2016 by a big margin.
He lauded the efforts of Director Recruiting Ahmedabad Colonel Avneet Kapoor for the excellent arrangements and conduct of the rally and also the District Administration for their cooperation.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
#LargestVaccineDrive
Momentous day for India as the world’s largest COVID19 vaccination drive rolls out
India's Active Caseload drops to merely 2% of Total Cases
Today marks a momentous day in the COVID-19 trajectory of the country as India rolls out the world’s largest COVID-19 vaccination drive today. Hon. Prime Minister will launch the nationwide vaccination exercise at 10.30 am through video conference.
This day also sees India’s total Active Caseload  further slump to account for just 2% of the total positive cases. The active cases were 2,10,120 last on 29th June 2021.
The Total Recoveries have crossed 96% of the total cases, at 96.56%.
2,11,033 cases are positive as on date, either in supervised home isolation or in hospitals.The Recovered Cases are above 1 crore .
The Recovery Rate has progressively shown a sustained climb. The gap between the total recovered cases and active cases has grown to 99,68,682 as on date.
As the active cases in the country follow a downward slide, 25 States and UTs are reporting less than 5,000 active cases. The caseload in these States/UTs constitutesjust 15% of total active cases
The distribution of Active Cases across various states and UTs is as under.
81.94% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 4,603 newly recovered cases. 3,500 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 1009 in Chhattisgarh.
80.81% of the new cases are from 8 States and UTs.
Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 5,624. It is followed by Maharashtra with 3,145 while West Bengal reported 708 new cases.
175 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours.
Six States/UTs account for 69.14%of new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties . Kerala and West Bengal follow with 23 and 16 daily deaths, respectively.
Ministry of Defence
Vice Chief of the Air Staff Visits Aero India-2021
Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora PVSM AVSM ADC, Vice Chief of the Air Staff, visited Air Force Station Yelahanka for participating in Aero India 20-21. The Air Marshal reviewed various indigenous and foreign technologies and systems being offered and emphasized on the need for enhancing self reliance with development of platforms like LCA, HTT-40, LCH and LUH. He flew a General Handling Sortie in HTT-40 and appreciated the efforts made by HAL in developing the aircraft.
The Air Marshal also interacted with the Indian and foreign industry representatives for enhancing operational capability of IAF as the first responders in preserving interests of our Nation.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Woman scientist with break-in career finds solution for nuclear weapons in dust particles
Dust can reduce the effect of nuclear weapons. This has been proved by a woman scientist who came back to science after a hiatus of one year.
Such a break is common among Indian women who prioritise family over their career due to various circumstances, which are usually typical to the gender. The Women Scientist Scheme  fellowship of the Department of Science & Technology  provides opportunities to women scientists and technologists who had a break in their career but desired to return to the mainstream.
Dr Meera Chadha from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi, availed this opportunity not only to return back to mainstream science after a career gap but also to show for the first time, through mathematical modelling, that the deadly effects of nuclear weapons can be partially mitigated or reduced with the help of dust particles.
Her recent study published in the ‘Proceedings of Royal Society A, London’ illustrates the reduction in energy released and damage radius from an intense explosion  by introduction of dust particles. She has shown how the blast waves from the explosion decayed in the process.
“During my Ph.D., I studied about shock waves and how dust particles contribute in reducing their strength. I came across a book titled 'Science towards Spirituality', in which Former President, Late Dr. Abdul Kalam, was asked, ‘Can Science create a Cool Bomb that can defuse or deactivate the deadly atom bomb?’ This got me thinking,” Dr. Chadha said, explaining the trigger behind her research.
She utilised her break in career in studying about explosions and the possible effects of dust particles on them. The WOS scheme gave her the flexibility of time and enough resources in terms of equipment and funds to carry out her research and achieve her dream.
[Publications link: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2020.0105
For more details, Dr. Meera Chadha  can be contacted.]
Ministry of Railways
ER TO RUN SPECIAL TRAIN BETWEEN HOWRAH & KATIHAR JN.
Kolkata, March 17, 2021
To clear the rush of passengers, a Special Train will be run between Howrah & Katihar Jn. Stations informed Eastern Railway  authority.
03033 Howrah –Katihar special will leave Howrah daily at 9:25 pm. from March 20, 2021 till further advice to reach Katihar at 10:00 am on the next day and 03034 Katihar-Howrah special will leave Katihar daily at 3:30 pm from March 21, 2021 till further advice to reach Howrah at 04:20 am on the next day.
Booking of the special train in UP direction  will be available on and from tomorrow at 08:00am through PRS counters and internet. Normal Mail/Express fare will be realized for this special train. The special train will run as fully reserved trains. Tatkal quota will be available in this train.
Ministry of Defence
CAS REVIEW OF LCA PROGRAMME
The Chief of Air Staff  Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari reviewed the status of the Light Combat Aircraft  programme in Air Headquarters yesterday. Also in attendance were senior functionaries from the Ministry of Defence, DRDO, HAL and ADA. Opening the proceedings, the CAS brought out that the LCA has been the flag bearer of the Indian Air Force's  efforts towards indigenisation of its aircraft fleet. He said that given the nature of this project of national importance, it is required that all stakeholders adopt a collaborative approach towards its success. The programme has been the harbinger of Atmanirbhar Bharat and Make in India initiatives of the nation. More importantly, it is a flag bearer of India's self-reliance in the aerospace sector.
During the review, it was brought out that all contracted fighter variants of the LCA Mk 1 had been delivered to the IAF. Representatives of HAL assured the CAS of the timely delivery of the contracted twin-seaters in the coming months, as well. Further to the LCA Mk 1, 83 LCA Mk-1A aircraft have also been contracted by the IAF in 2021. The Chairman & Managing Director of HAL assured those present that the deliveries of this advanced variant of the LCA would commence by Feb 2024.
While complimenting HAL, the CAS indicated that based on these assurances, the LCA Mk 1A could be inducted in a newly raised squadron in one of the IAF's operational bases, early next year. Notwithstanding the project delays that were brought out during the course of the review, the CAS lauded the efforts of all stakeholders and emphasized on the need to incorporate the lessons learnt from the LCA programme into future indigenous Design & Developmental projects. With timely deliveries of the more capable variant, the LCA Mk 1A is likely to see increased deployments at forward bases, besides participation in International exercises in the days to come.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Bangalore – Mysore Access Controlled Highway  in Karnataka
Drainage Issue at Km.42+640
In Karnataka Yesterday  night, there was excess rainfall  resulting in inundation below Animal Overpass at km.42.640 due to blockage of drainage path by the villagers.
Villagers of Madapura & others have tried to short cut access to enter their agriculture lands & village at Km.42+640 by blocking the drain with soil for a width of 3m to make their own pathway from service road resulting in inundation of road due to blockage of drainage path.
The bund constructed by the Villagers for their access was removed on 18.03.2023 early morning itself.
In order to facilitate adjacent fields of Madapura Village, it was decided to provide by Pipe Drain with 2 rows of 1.2m dia Pipe. The work is in progress and likely to be completed by 11.30Pm tonight.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Yoga at work helps keep the inner self calm and also aids in achieving maximum productivity: Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
WCD Ministry launches Yoga Day Contest: #YogaFor9to5
The Ministry of Women and Child Development has launched '#YogaFor9to5’: A contest focused on generating awareness regarding benefits of Yoga at Workplace for Women. The contest invites self-demonstration Videos & Pictures of Yoga Asanas being practiced during office hours. "The idea is to make people aware at large that effortless Yoga Asanas can help in transforming one’s lives especially during a hectic working day. Yoga at work helps keep the inner self calm and also aids in achieving the perfect balance between mind and body, to achieve maximum productivity at work," said Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Union Minister for Women & Child Development.
The Ministry has been constantly engaging with netizens through regular online contests. For this contest, '#YogaFor9to5’, the Ministry proposes to invite entries on easy Yoga Asanas which can calm Women during her work hours. The deadline for the contest is June 21, 2018. Interested participants can submit their applications in the form of a self-demonstration video or multiple pictures and mail it to creativecorner.mwcd[at]gmail[dot]com
International Yoga Day is celebrated globally in order to generate awareness about the benefits and life changing effects that Yoga has in our day to day lives. The Contest aims to imbibe Yoga in our daily lives especially during work. The Ministry supports the idea of inculcating yoga in our daily lives.
The participants will be judged on the basis of elements of creativity, originality, composition, technical excellence, simplicity, artistic merit and visual impact.
The WCD Ministry is actively engaging with the netizens on social media platforms by organizing contests to generate awareness on women and children issues. The recently held contests #Backtoschool and #MeriKhoj got overwhelming response. The Ministry has announced the winner in its recently held #LikeYouDoMaa Mother’s Day Contest on its Twitter Platform with handle @MinistryWCD and on its Facebook page @ministryWCD.
Ministry of Finance
DFS holds meeting with Public Sector Banks, Insurance Companies & Financial Institutions to identify ways to support Agniveers
PSBs, PSICs & FIs to work on modalities to support Agniveers through suitable credit facilities, existing Govt Schemes and Insurance products
The Union Cabinet on 14th June, 2022 approved an attractive recruitment scheme for Indian youth service in the Armed Forces called AGNIPATH and the youth selected under this scheme will be known as ‘Agniveers’. AGNIPATH allows patriotic and motivated youth to serve in the Armed Forces for the period of four years. The AGNIPATH scheme has been designed to enable a youthful profile of the Armed Forces.
In order to identify ways in which the Banks and Financial Institutions can support the ‘Agniveers’ on completion of their tenure of duty, the Secretary, Department of Financial Services  held a meeting with Chief Executives of Public Sector Banks , Public Sector Insurance Companies  and Financial Institutions , here today. In the meeting, Joint Secretary, Department of Military Affairs made a presentation on the salient aspects of the AGNIPATH scheme.
During the meeting, it was decided that PSBs, PSICs and FIs would explore employment opportunities for ‘Agniveers’ in suitable capacities based on their educational qualifications and skills through suitable benefits/relaxations, etc.
It was also decided that Banks would explore possibilities of supporting ‘Agniveers’ through suitable credit facilities for skill upgradation, education for setting up businesses and to take up self-employment. The existing Government schemes such as MUDRA, Stand Up India etc. would be leveraged for extending such support to ‘Agniveers’.